KILLINGWORTH, Conn. — Several student-athletes from the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECFC) have earned postseason awards from various outlets. Below is a detailed list of those honors.
EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (ECAC)
All-ECAC First Team Defense
LB — Jacob Hartman (Petersburg, W.Va.), Gallaudet
All-ECAC Second Team Offense
WR — Ian Derda (Guilford, Conn.), SUNY Maritime
OL — John Scarboro (Austin, Texas), Gallaudet
The full list of ECAC honorees can be found here: ECAC Postseason Honors
INFO: The ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) is an eighty-four-year-old organization with well over 200 member schools across all three NCAA Divisions I, II, and III. The ECAC exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics and provides great value for universities and colleges by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments, and other competitions throughout the Northeast. The ECAC's esports platform is growing and now totals more than sixty colleges and universities and is expanding the geographic footprint for the conference nationally. The ECAC is also sponsoring competitions and leagues involving other varsity and club sports that do not fall under the umbrella of the NCAA.
HANSEN RATINGS
Region 1 Honorees
All-Region 1 First Team
PR — Caezar Williams (Round Rock, Texas), Castleton
All-Region 1 Third Team
WR — Roman Napoleon (Allegany, N.Y.), Alfred State
WR — Devin Tolbert (Salem, Mass.), Anna Maria
LB — Jacob Hartman (Petersburg, W.Va.), Gallaudet
KR — Jayson Nami (Freehold Township, N.J.), Keystone
The full list of honorees from across the country can be found here: Hansen Ratings
INFO: The Hansen Ratings All-American and All-Region teams are determined by a mathematical formula. Student-athletes are awarded for efficiency, volume, impactful plays, and quality competition. All Division III football student-athletes are eligible for selection. The main metrics in the calculation are Total Adjusted Yards per Play (TAYP) and Yards Above Replacement Player per Game (YARP/G). Coaches of the year are selected based on the overall success of their team, how much they improved this season, and by how far they exceeded preseason expectations. The Hansen Ratings were established in 2014.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NETWORK
All-American Second Team Defense/Special Teams
RS — Caezar Williams (Round Rock, Texas), Castleton
INFO: Independent source covering college football since 2017.
About the ECFC
The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference was formed in the spring of 2009 as an NCAA Division III single-sport football conference. The conference, named after the geographic location of the institutions began competition in the fall of 2009.
Current members are Alfred State College (Alfred, NY), Anna Maria College (Worcester, MA), Castleton University (Castleton, VT.), Dean College (Franklin, MA), Gallaudet University (Washington, D.C.), Keystone College (La Plume, PA), and Maritime College State University of New York (Throggs Neck, NY).
The mission of the conference is to:
- Promote intercollegiate varsity football as an integral part of the educational experience of all competitors.
- Establish a conference schedule and determine a conference championship that will represent the conference as the automatic qualifier to the NCAA national tournament.
- Adopt sportsmanship, fair play, moral integrity, and competitive excellence as cornerstones of the conference.
